A DRUG driver who claimed to have distanced himself from cannabis has failed to get his licence back after admitting to smoking recently.
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Scott Anthony McDowell applied in the Wodonga Magistrates Court to have his licence reinstated this week.
He had his first hearing in June and provided three drug-test results to the court, which were positive.
He told the court he had stopped using, but then said he had last had a smoke at a party 13 days earlier.
Magistrate Peter Mithen said it was too much of a risk to give him back his licence.
“If you’re using a drug 13 days ago … I’m not going to put someone back on the road where I’m fairly certain a further offence is going to occur,” he said.
“You’re not ready to go, it’s a simple as that.
“I’m not going to sit with the risk on my head of putting other people at risk on the road.”